Wag
[wæg] or [wæɡ]
Definition
(noun.) causing to move repeatedly from side to side.
(noun.) a witty amusing person who makes jokes.
(verb.) move from side to side; 'The happy dog wagged his tail'.
Edited by Astor--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.
(v. i.) To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
(v. i.) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
(v. i.) To go; to depart; to pack oft.
(v.) The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
(v.) A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
Typist: Norton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Shake, waggle.
v. n. Vibrate, move to and fro.
n. Wit, humorist, joker, jester, droll, humorous fellow, droll fellow.
Checker: Lola
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Joker, jester, droll_fellow, humorist
ANT:Sober_fellow, serious_fellow
Typist: Terrence
Definition
n. a droll mischievous fellow: a man full of sport and humour: a wit: a fellow generally.—n. Wag′gery mischievous merriment.—adjs. Wag′gish—(rare) Wag′some.—adv. Wag′gishly.—ns. Wag′gishness; Wag′-wit a would-be wit.
v.t. and v.i. to move from side to side: to shake to and fro: (coll.) to depart: (Shak.) to move on make progress:—pr.p. wag′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. wagged.—n. a shaking moving to and fro.
Typist: Wesley
Unserious Contents or Definition
Wages, if received in dreams, brings unlooked for good to persons engaging in new enterprises. To pay out wages, denotes that you will be confounded by dissatisfaction. To have your wages reduced, warns you of unfriendly interest that is being taken against you. An increase of wages, suggests unusual profit in any undertaking.
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Examples
- Mr. Pickwick, you are a wag. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Dammy, George said to a confidential friend, she looked like a China doll, which has nothing to do all day but to grin and wag its head. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Our only chance of safety lay in making a clean job of it, said he, and he would not leave a tongue with power to wag in a witness-box. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hullo, Dobbin, one wag would say, here's good news in the paper. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ah,' said the little man, 'you're a wag, ain't you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He's a very agreeable acquaintance, Beck, the wag added. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He led the way out, wagging his head and growling ominously. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- God bless my soul, yes, Jos said, wagging his head, so that his cheeks quivered like jellies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pray tell me what it is, said Dorothea, anxiously, also rising and going to the open window, where Monk was looking in, panting and wagging his tail. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I will tell you in your private ear, replied she, wagging her turban three times with portentous significancy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When she had entered two or three laborious items in the account-book, Jip would walk over the page, wagging his tail, and smear them all out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No, no,' said the other, looking round her and wagging her toothless jaws. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The dog wagged his tail, but moved not. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His face was ashy pale, beads of perspiration shone upon his brow, and his hands shook until the hunting-crop wagged like a branch in the wind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Judging from the fallen countenance of Silas as his head wagged backwards and forwards in a most uncomfortable manner, he did understand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The old dog always comes out of his kennel and wags his tail, and whines affectionately when somebody passes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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